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Hello,
A friend of mine sent me a number to a hilarious recording called the Rejection Hotline. I called it but afterwards wondered about a service charge or something like that. I looked on their website and the wikipedia article about the Hotline to try to find anything about fees, either good or bad, and came up with nothing in the search.
Was just wondering if someone here might have some better research skills than I, and be able to find it. (Also, adding it to the article about the Hotline might be good.)
142.46.4.94 02:27, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Tyson
Hi. A while back Namco-Bandai sold the majority of its stock in Monolith Soft to Nintendo. Monolith Soft was the developer of a video game series called Xenosaga. I was wondering if anyone could help me find out if the copyrights to this intellectual property stayed with Namco-Bandai or did it move with Monolith Soft over to Nintendo. I tried the official websites of all parties, their wikipedia articles, google searches, and found nothing. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Sima Yi 02:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
What is the term for a roof that is similar to a Mansard or gambrel roof except that the inner pitch is steeper than the outer? Neon Merlin 02:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
(outdent) This isn't quite the right answer, but Saltbox houses have this style of roof, in the back at least. Pfly 04:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Shweta kathuria Hi my name is Shweta and I am working as the process trainer for an international BPO. I would like to know what should the training module should contain apart from culture, process details, script, rebuttals/ objection handling. Also, how can I start with the business development. What exercises and patterns should be followed? Shweta kathuria —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shweta kathuria ( talk • contribs) 03:26, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
For years I've tried to understand the British education system. I think that with the help of Wikipedia and British friends, I can make the following comparison between secondary school in the US and UK. Am I right in saying:
The GCSE years are not all that different from grades 9 and 10 in the U.S. Students take some required subjects, plus a few electives. At the end, students take an exam that counts for a chunk of their final mark. The differences are that a GCSE "class" takes one or two years rather than one or 1/2 years; the exam generally counts for a bigger chunk of the final mark than it does in the U.S.; and the exam is consistent nationwide rather than drawn up by the teacher.
It's in the last two years where it gets really different. In Britain, if you don't go into a vocational program, the entire goal of your last two years is to perform well on a few A-level exams at the end. In America, grades 11 and 12 are no different from grades 9 and 10; you take a mix of required classes and electives (typically about six total) and get semseter-end grades in each based on coursework, tests and a final exam. Courses geared toward the passage of Advanced Placement exams seem similar to A-level classes, but AP classes (and exams) are optional, not offered everywhere and generally do not make up the entirety of a student's schedule of classes. Because there is no consistent national curriculum or grading standard in the U.S., students take SAT and/or ACT exams so universities can judge them against other students. But the SAT and ACT are separate from the school curriculum and are studied for on the student's own time and budget. States may require that students pass a standard graduation test to get a diploma, but that's a generally easy test to ensure students meet a bare minimum, not anything meant to impress university admissions people. American university-admissions candidates brag about their grade point average, or average semester-end mark from all of their high-school classes. British students, on the other hand, tend to talk about the number of A-levels and GSCEs they've passed.
Yes, I know that Americans call it "college," not "university," and that Scotland is different from England and Wales, but I'm hoping I've got the gist of it. -- Mwalcoff 03:41, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
How do I start my own high school? -- 124.254.77.148 05:09, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
In the year 2010, will people call it two-thousand-and-ten or twenty-ten? -- Candy-Panda 06:29, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey Wikis, i was wondering if any one could tell me how many subscribers are listed on the mobile networks in SA(Vodacom, Cell C,MTN,Virgin Mobile etc)I have already searched on wiki so thanks for that info....Also what would you consider to be luxury features on a cellphone and which are a basic needs. Any added info on this topic would be appreciated! Crazypinkster 12:42, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
How was it resolved that Winnie and his friends should stay permanently at the New York city public library? They crossed the ocean several times back and forth and then the New York library just kept them. There was some sort of frumous in Parliament which appears to have been resolved. The New York city website just says that it was resolved to unanimous satisfaction that they should stay in New York. That seems so unlikely without some kind of political muscle flexing or something. Some kind of deal? Is this like the Stone of Scone thing where the US said "we got 'em and we aint giving 'em back, so there" or what? Morton000 12:57, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
If i were to buy an island and declare it my own country, what would be the consequences of staging an event like Motorstorm or The Arena (in Oblivion)? Also would using prisoners in these events (with a "Last Man Standing Goes Free system) be a breach of human rights? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.76.125.193 ( talk) 15:09, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
I would like to know what materials for bookbinding can be used that will have the most resistance to termites and fungus. Paper with high cotton content and glues like methyl cellulose are often used in bookbinding, but would provide little resistance to pests in tropical areas. I am wondering which additives in the papermaking or binding process might be used to increase resistance--would kaolin or other mineral additives be effective, or mixing wool or silk fibers in with cotton? Is wheat paste likely to degrade from pest damage, or are there better alternatives to use for the paste?
130.132.179.160 16:49, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Charles Riley
I saw a small machine that wet waste paper is put into. It gets compressed and comes out as a block that can be burned in an open fire/stove etc. I was wondering what this machine was. It's a bit like a paper shredder
How much money is spent annually on both highway and air traffic control safety planning? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hollyibs ( talk • contribs) 18:40, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
How much does 1gram of weapons-grade enriched Uranium cost? Please note, I have no intentions of buying or using it in anyway and his is mere curiosity. Thanks. Acceptable 18:41, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey, thats interesting, but here goes an attempt. I hope nobody uses this as a template:
-find the uranium ore ($100K){{where would you find it??}}
-set up a mine to extract it, and the rig's etc. A small manufacturer size ($5-10Million){{got to capture a country to do this}}
-set up an enrichment process as the Iranians.{{need a Dr Q to help, but I think they shackled him}}
-a) requires power, lets say 1 Megawatt ($1Billion){{that's easy, siphon off the grid, if there is one where you set up}}
-b) centrifuges, assuming you are a start-up operator, lots of them. I'm going to assume 20,000 equivalent washing machines, superior grade! ($200 Million)
-c) bunch of engineers (500 @100k) ($50 Million)
Somehow you crank all this up to create a functioning system. Scale required, so I would say you have to spend a few Billion before you get the first ounce! Wow, totally guesswork, but if anybody knows the answer, I'll be happily corrected. So, for purpose of analysis lets rest on $10B/ounce.
http://www.uxc.com/review/uxc_Prices.aspx may help. It makes no sense to me but might to someone! Hope this help, or at leasts is of interest. ny156uk 19:38, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
I think it's not the sort of thing you can buy, and as such has no price, (though see above). 87.102.18.14 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.102.18.14 ( talk) 19:41, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
Are we looking at the Thousands of dollars per gram or millions of dollars per gram range? Acceptable 23:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
It has a price (in the US), if you are approved to buy it (and of course as a private individual you would not, but if you were a nuclear engineer working for a major corporation, perhaps you could). In the US though the price might not be set by the market value, but artificially by the DOE.
If you were trying to calculate it by how much it would actually cost in real terms, you would have to specify what type of enrichment you were performing. Generally speaking enrichment is calculated in terms of SWU, where an SWU is a "work unit" of enrichment. How many SWUs you need depends on how much material you are enriching, and to what level of enrichment. How much it would cost would depend on the cost per SWU for a given enrichment method, plus the raw input materials.
Here's my crack at the numbers: The site linked to above seems to say, if I am not interpreting it correctly, that per SWU of enrichment is currently $140. Using a SWU calculator, we could say that getting 10 kg of natural uranium enriched to 90% would require around 1931 SWU, and thus cost around $270,340. But that's just the enrichment cost; you'd need 2 tonnes of natural uranium to input for enrichment, and at the current spot price of UF6 ($240/kg) that would mean your uranium (milled into U3O8 and converted to UF6) would cost an additional $480,000, putting the total cost at over $750,000, or $75 per gram (very close to TotoBaggins' estimate above). Yowza! Someone correct me if I've messed up or made bad assumptions, as I'm just winging this. -- 24.147.86.187 00:56, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
$75 per gram...cheaper than pure cocaine! Acceptable 18:13, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Can somebody from Wikipedia [help]] me find a plot to Amor Comprado so I could write it in my article on Amor Comprado, please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericthebrainiac ( talk • contribs) 19:49, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
this thing happened at year 1999 to 2000.it's located in several places which i will describe below ;
I concluded that this sign(some kind Fish) and with different colour...Dragon.I can't believe my eyes because all this sign i seen in the morning...or did i go insane myself. For your information i am not taking any medicine or drug...
Can you help me...please explain or advise me to get psycology treatment...Maybe my explaination here not details...Some claims that there is 7 Sign but no ordinary human could seen...What is 7 Sign actually...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.186.17.18 ( talk) 20:25, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
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Hello,
A friend of mine sent me a number to a hilarious recording called the Rejection Hotline. I called it but afterwards wondered about a service charge or something like that. I looked on their website and the wikipedia article about the Hotline to try to find anything about fees, either good or bad, and came up with nothing in the search.
Was just wondering if someone here might have some better research skills than I, and be able to find it. (Also, adding it to the article about the Hotline might be good.)
142.46.4.94 02:27, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Tyson
Hi. A while back Namco-Bandai sold the majority of its stock in Monolith Soft to Nintendo. Monolith Soft was the developer of a video game series called Xenosaga. I was wondering if anyone could help me find out if the copyrights to this intellectual property stayed with Namco-Bandai or did it move with Monolith Soft over to Nintendo. I tried the official websites of all parties, their wikipedia articles, google searches, and found nothing. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Sima Yi 02:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
What is the term for a roof that is similar to a Mansard or gambrel roof except that the inner pitch is steeper than the outer? Neon Merlin 02:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
(outdent) This isn't quite the right answer, but Saltbox houses have this style of roof, in the back at least. Pfly 04:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Shweta kathuria Hi my name is Shweta and I am working as the process trainer for an international BPO. I would like to know what should the training module should contain apart from culture, process details, script, rebuttals/ objection handling. Also, how can I start with the business development. What exercises and patterns should be followed? Shweta kathuria —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shweta kathuria ( talk • contribs) 03:26, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
For years I've tried to understand the British education system. I think that with the help of Wikipedia and British friends, I can make the following comparison between secondary school in the US and UK. Am I right in saying:
The GCSE years are not all that different from grades 9 and 10 in the U.S. Students take some required subjects, plus a few electives. At the end, students take an exam that counts for a chunk of their final mark. The differences are that a GCSE "class" takes one or two years rather than one or 1/2 years; the exam generally counts for a bigger chunk of the final mark than it does in the U.S.; and the exam is consistent nationwide rather than drawn up by the teacher.
It's in the last two years where it gets really different. In Britain, if you don't go into a vocational program, the entire goal of your last two years is to perform well on a few A-level exams at the end. In America, grades 11 and 12 are no different from grades 9 and 10; you take a mix of required classes and electives (typically about six total) and get semseter-end grades in each based on coursework, tests and a final exam. Courses geared toward the passage of Advanced Placement exams seem similar to A-level classes, but AP classes (and exams) are optional, not offered everywhere and generally do not make up the entirety of a student's schedule of classes. Because there is no consistent national curriculum or grading standard in the U.S., students take SAT and/or ACT exams so universities can judge them against other students. But the SAT and ACT are separate from the school curriculum and are studied for on the student's own time and budget. States may require that students pass a standard graduation test to get a diploma, but that's a generally easy test to ensure students meet a bare minimum, not anything meant to impress university admissions people. American university-admissions candidates brag about their grade point average, or average semester-end mark from all of their high-school classes. British students, on the other hand, tend to talk about the number of A-levels and GSCEs they've passed.
Yes, I know that Americans call it "college," not "university," and that Scotland is different from England and Wales, but I'm hoping I've got the gist of it. -- Mwalcoff 03:41, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
How do I start my own high school? -- 124.254.77.148 05:09, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
In the year 2010, will people call it two-thousand-and-ten or twenty-ten? -- Candy-Panda 06:29, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey Wikis, i was wondering if any one could tell me how many subscribers are listed on the mobile networks in SA(Vodacom, Cell C,MTN,Virgin Mobile etc)I have already searched on wiki so thanks for that info....Also what would you consider to be luxury features on a cellphone and which are a basic needs. Any added info on this topic would be appreciated! Crazypinkster 12:42, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
How was it resolved that Winnie and his friends should stay permanently at the New York city public library? They crossed the ocean several times back and forth and then the New York library just kept them. There was some sort of frumous in Parliament which appears to have been resolved. The New York city website just says that it was resolved to unanimous satisfaction that they should stay in New York. That seems so unlikely without some kind of political muscle flexing or something. Some kind of deal? Is this like the Stone of Scone thing where the US said "we got 'em and we aint giving 'em back, so there" or what? Morton000 12:57, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
If i were to buy an island and declare it my own country, what would be the consequences of staging an event like Motorstorm or The Arena (in Oblivion)? Also would using prisoners in these events (with a "Last Man Standing Goes Free system) be a breach of human rights? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.76.125.193 ( talk) 15:09, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
I would like to know what materials for bookbinding can be used that will have the most resistance to termites and fungus. Paper with high cotton content and glues like methyl cellulose are often used in bookbinding, but would provide little resistance to pests in tropical areas. I am wondering which additives in the papermaking or binding process might be used to increase resistance--would kaolin or other mineral additives be effective, or mixing wool or silk fibers in with cotton? Is wheat paste likely to degrade from pest damage, or are there better alternatives to use for the paste?
130.132.179.160 16:49, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Charles Riley
I saw a small machine that wet waste paper is put into. It gets compressed and comes out as a block that can be burned in an open fire/stove etc. I was wondering what this machine was. It's a bit like a paper shredder
How much money is spent annually on both highway and air traffic control safety planning? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hollyibs ( talk • contribs) 18:40, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
How much does 1gram of weapons-grade enriched Uranium cost? Please note, I have no intentions of buying or using it in anyway and his is mere curiosity. Thanks. Acceptable 18:41, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey, thats interesting, but here goes an attempt. I hope nobody uses this as a template:
-find the uranium ore ($100K){{where would you find it??}}
-set up a mine to extract it, and the rig's etc. A small manufacturer size ($5-10Million){{got to capture a country to do this}}
-set up an enrichment process as the Iranians.{{need a Dr Q to help, but I think they shackled him}}
-a) requires power, lets say 1 Megawatt ($1Billion){{that's easy, siphon off the grid, if there is one where you set up}}
-b) centrifuges, assuming you are a start-up operator, lots of them. I'm going to assume 20,000 equivalent washing machines, superior grade! ($200 Million)
-c) bunch of engineers (500 @100k) ($50 Million)
Somehow you crank all this up to create a functioning system. Scale required, so I would say you have to spend a few Billion before you get the first ounce! Wow, totally guesswork, but if anybody knows the answer, I'll be happily corrected. So, for purpose of analysis lets rest on $10B/ounce.
http://www.uxc.com/review/uxc_Prices.aspx may help. It makes no sense to me but might to someone! Hope this help, or at leasts is of interest. ny156uk 19:38, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
I think it's not the sort of thing you can buy, and as such has no price, (though see above). 87.102.18.14 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.102.18.14 ( talk) 19:41, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
Are we looking at the Thousands of dollars per gram or millions of dollars per gram range? Acceptable 23:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
It has a price (in the US), if you are approved to buy it (and of course as a private individual you would not, but if you were a nuclear engineer working for a major corporation, perhaps you could). In the US though the price might not be set by the market value, but artificially by the DOE.
If you were trying to calculate it by how much it would actually cost in real terms, you would have to specify what type of enrichment you were performing. Generally speaking enrichment is calculated in terms of SWU, where an SWU is a "work unit" of enrichment. How many SWUs you need depends on how much material you are enriching, and to what level of enrichment. How much it would cost would depend on the cost per SWU for a given enrichment method, plus the raw input materials.
Here's my crack at the numbers: The site linked to above seems to say, if I am not interpreting it correctly, that per SWU of enrichment is currently $140. Using a SWU calculator, we could say that getting 10 kg of natural uranium enriched to 90% would require around 1931 SWU, and thus cost around $270,340. But that's just the enrichment cost; you'd need 2 tonnes of natural uranium to input for enrichment, and at the current spot price of UF6 ($240/kg) that would mean your uranium (milled into U3O8 and converted to UF6) would cost an additional $480,000, putting the total cost at over $750,000, or $75 per gram (very close to TotoBaggins' estimate above). Yowza! Someone correct me if I've messed up or made bad assumptions, as I'm just winging this. -- 24.147.86.187 00:56, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
$75 per gram...cheaper than pure cocaine! Acceptable 18:13, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Can somebody from Wikipedia [help]] me find a plot to Amor Comprado so I could write it in my article on Amor Comprado, please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericthebrainiac ( talk • contribs) 19:49, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
this thing happened at year 1999 to 2000.it's located in several places which i will describe below ;
I concluded that this sign(some kind Fish) and with different colour...Dragon.I can't believe my eyes because all this sign i seen in the morning...or did i go insane myself. For your information i am not taking any medicine or drug...
Can you help me...please explain or advise me to get psycology treatment...Maybe my explaination here not details...Some claims that there is 7 Sign but no ordinary human could seen...What is 7 Sign actually...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.186.17.18 ( talk) 20:25, August 29, 2007 (UTC)